{"id":374831,"date":"2025-12-27T20:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/374831\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T20:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T20:04:45","slug":"ciryl-ganes-fingernails-10-times-dirtier-than-average-toilet-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/374831\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciryl Gane\u2019s fingernails \u201810 times dirtier than average toilet seat\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">How disgusting? A new study commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/stake.com\/sports\/mma\/ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stake<\/a> revealed \u201calarmingly high microbial levels\u201d during MMA training with some samples \u201ctesting dirtier than toilet seats.\u201d That\u2019s based on laboratory swabs taken from athletes who participated in one hour of training, which included grappling and MMA striking drills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bacteria resembling Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, and Bacillus were also detected, along with traces of fecal bacteria and E. coli-type bacteria, drawn from sweaty mats and shared equipment. In addition, wearing MMA gloves contributed to yeast and mold growing under the nails, a \u201cmini petri dish on each finger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cOur eyes are extremely sensitive organs protected only by thin eyelids, antimicrobial tear fluid and a delicate tear film,\u201d said Reynold Mpofu, a Microbiologist at BioLabs. \u201cEye gouging is incredibly dangerous and can lead to blindness or even loss of the eye. Combining eye gouging with dirty fingers is a recipe for disaster. Even outside the UFC, we see this risk. During the recent Wales vs. South Africa rugby match, a player was ejected for eye gouging. These incidents show how vulnerable the eye is and why hygiene matters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How disgusting? A new study commissioned by Stake revealed \u201calarmingly high microbial levels\u201d during MMA training with some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[139414,64,63,786,40762,785,139415,85,138947,102865,1396],"class_list":["post-374831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-aspinall-vs-gane-start-time","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-preview-and-live-results","tag-sports","tag-ufc-321-fight-card","tag-ufc-medical-suspensions","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}